Computer system for rule-based clothing matching and filtering considering fit rules and fashion rules

• US 7,617,016 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2007
• Issued: 11/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mipso
• Original Assignee: MyShape, Inc.
• Inventors: Lambert, James P., Wannier, Louise
• Primary Examiner(s): Welch; Gary L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Durham; Nathan E
• Application Number:
  US11/697,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198120A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 700/130, 700/131, 700/132, 700/135, 705/26, 705/27, 707/3, 707/4, 707/6, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 700/132
• CPC Class Codes: A41H 3/007 Methods of drafting or marking-out patterns using computers computer-aided design G06F30/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A computer implemented method presents garments to a consumer using a computer by reading a database of garments, wherein the database of garments includes parameters for at least some of the garments represented by records in the database of garments, the parameters including at least a garment type, reading data representing a plurality of garment types, the data including, for each type of the plurality of garment types, a set of tolerance ranges for that garment type, obtaining consumer measurements from the consumer or a source derived from the consumer, obtaining garment measurements for garments in the database of garments, comparing customer measurements to garment measurements, scoring garments from the database of garments based on garment measurements, customer measurements and the set of tolerance ranges for each garment based on its garment type, and presenting the consumer with a computer generated filtered listed of garments from the database of garments ordered, at least approximately, according to garment scores.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of presenting a filtered list of garments to an individual consumer using a computer, the method comprising:

obtain measurements from the consumer;

associating the consumer with a body category based on the measurements;

reading a database of garments wherein the database includes a body categorization for at least some of the garments;

presenting the consumer with a filtered list of garments from the database filtered to exclude at least some of garments categorized in a body category that is inconsistent with the body category of the consumer; and

obtaining consumer profile details including at least one tolerance value, a tolerance value defining a range of acceptable differences between a garment measurement and a consumer measurement.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accepting consumer input of ordering information; and

electronically initiating a purchase transaction wherein the consumer purchases ordered garments.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtered list includes filtering by the consumer measurements to thereby provide garments that are sold in sizes compatible with the consumer measurements.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the sizes compatible with the consumer measurements include garment sizes that have dimensional measurements within the tolerance value.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the sizes compatible with the consumer measurements include garment sizes that have pattern measurements within the tolerance value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein garments comprise clothing and accessories.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtered list is also filtered by attributes selected by the consumer.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the attributes include styling choices selected by the consumer and personal preferences selected by the consumer.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the attributes comprise at least one clothing fit tolerance, or clothing designer tolerance, or color tolerance, or clothing style tolerance, or clothing material tolerance, or use tolerance, or country of garment origin, or garment care, or garment brand.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumer profile details comprise a plurality of tolerance values and at least two of the tolerance values are specific to different garment styles such that different garment styles are filtered based on different tolerance values.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the body category is a category based on body proportion.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the body proportion is a proportion of a top body measurement to a bottom body measurement.